re: VOLS vs. Mizzou Game Discussion ThreadPosted by Prof on 11/13/18 at 4:20 pm to Mizz-SEC

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You should be in line for a great day on offense then.

It's not like Mizzou can't pressure the QB, but it's nowhere near like pre-Odom years.

If our OL had more than two games (AU and UK) to back it up, I'd feel more confident. Right now, they've had 2 really good games at very different times in the season.

Our skills guys are good, especially QB and WR/TE. Hell, even our RBs are good when they're not getting hit behind the line but we've only been able to put together a full game on offense twice and a complete game, with both defense and offense playing well, once.

Right now, I don't think our offense can compete in a high scoring game. Our team has been incredibly hard to predict this year but I do predict we'll have at least one false start on the O -- that's one thing I'm confident in.

quote:How have the Vols been at stopping the run? I see that as the best path to victory for us.

Against Kentucky, Charlotte and Auburn, our run defense was stout as frick. Kentucky especially, we essentially neutralized Snell and held Terry Wilson to negative yardage. I think they had 77 yards on 34 carries, phenomenal job last week. Charlotte also had a decent running game, but they couldn't move the ball on us all day.

Against South Carolina, Bama, Florida, and Georgia, we were pretty awful.

You'll probably have some success running because you run a spread and we don't have enough speed to keep outside containment.

Mizzou matches up with us better than Kentucky because of Lock. Kentucky is so one dimensional that once we stopped the run, they were finished.

Mizzou is gonna be a better version of South Carolina on offense, slightly softer on defense. We're gonna need to control the ball and force you to pass by getting a decent lead.

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re: VOLS vs. Mizzou Game Discussion ThreadPosted by Mizz-SEC on 11/15/18 at 4:51 am to tatervol

quote:Interesting stats

Yeah, Lock probably cost himself significant draft position with his poor conference showing this year. He still has a chance to be a 1st rounder because of his arm and coachable attitude, but he could have been Top Ten with better year.

re: VOLS vs. Mizzou Game Discussion ThreadPosted by mizslu314 on 11/15/18 at 2:41 pm to Prof

quote:I think his backup is pretty good too. It was against Vandy but he did well enough to earn freshman player of the week accolades (forget which one).

Hes our third string. Blanton, our 2nd string TE has missed the last few games but is supposed to be back for Tennessee. Parker our 3rd string is more of a blocker TE, Blanton is probably our fastest TE.

re: VOLS vs. Mizzou Game Discussion ThreadPosted by Prof on 11/15/18 at 9:05 pm to mizslu314

Heading into this game this is good to see. Both freshman corners made the list. They're still going to be up against a senior QB that can sling it but as mentioned earlier, they're a lot better than they were when they started the year against Grier.

Doesn't surprise me. As I posted above, Lock with Hall = Future hall of famer. Lock without Hall = average qb. Its frustrating, but true. And Drew has only played 2 SEC games with Hall, which were the last two.

Hall stretches out the defense, as he does the long routes. When hes in, we'll attempt maybe 5 or more 30+ yard throws. This opens up the screen plays and running game. Our running game has benefited the most by having Hall back.

We're definitely going to try and get the run game going, but reading the tea leaves it sounds like Pruitt wants to try and put some heat onto Missouri's secondary early and often. JG can make some great plays.. the question is which version of his OL shows up to play tomorrow